Tutorial - Gradient Maps

Aug 07, 2008 23:01

Gradient maps are a fantastic way to add colour and contrast to an icon, so I wrote a basic tutorial on how to use them. Since it's not the "from... to..." kind of walk-through, here are a few examples of icons that rely on gradient maps for their colour:


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program: photoshop, tutorial: colouring, graphic effects: gradients

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cs28 August 7 2008, 21:17:58 UTC
Very useful! Thanks for taking the time to explain all of this. :)
Meming!

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scatterheart August 7 2008, 21:19:56 UTC
Thanks, glad I could help! :)

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kaotic_princez August 7 2008, 21:24:00 UTC
I am very new at this kind of stuff so I am glad for any kind of help/tips I can get. Saving to mems to try later...Thanks!

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scatterheart August 8 2008, 10:04:22 UTC
Let me know if there are any problems. :)

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scatterheart August 8 2008, 10:04:52 UTC
Thanks! :)

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katej August 7 2008, 21:55:18 UTC
great job! i'm always excited when people actually put TUTORIALS in the icon tutorial journal ; ). and this was a great one at that. thanks again!

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scatterheart August 8 2008, 10:05:21 UTC
*g* I know what you mean. Glad you liked it!

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ranielguerrero August 7 2008, 22:14:37 UTC
I second katej's comment. thanks for sharing

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scatterheart August 8 2008, 10:05:45 UTC
Thanks for commenting! ;)

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